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George R.R. Martin Has Officially Joined Twitter

The joke goes like this: “Why isn’t George R.R. Martin on Twitter? Because he already killed all 140 characters.”

The killing spree may still continue from the creator of Game of Thrones, but the joke is going to have to change: Martin, the mastermind of Westeros, has joined Twitter. Thus far, he’s keeping things pretty low-key.

(Yes, in case you doubted Martin’s nerd bona fides, he’s indeed still on Live Journal.)

His publisher has confirmed that it’s indeed Martin tweeting, meaning that fake accounts that bother with things like Kim and Kanye jokes can finally be put out to pasture. And now’s the moment when you cue book readers complaining that Martin shouldn’t be tweeting when he still has books to finish… or wonder if he’ll join in on the live-tweeting fun during this Sunday’s finale. Maybe now’s the time to get the #BeatlesinWesteros hashtag really going? George R.R. Martin is paying attention, people! Go wild!